Los Angeles Poet Society's Queer Writers Fest + Drag Show

Sat Jun 25 2022 at 07:00 pm to 11:00 pm

Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center | Los Angeles

Beyond Baroque
Publisher/HostBeyond Baroque
Los Angeles Poet Society's Queer Writers Fest + Drag Show
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Celebrate the first Queer Writers Festival & Drag Show organized by the Los Angeles Poet Society
About this Event

Join the Los Angeles Poet Society for the debut of Queer Writers Festival! This festival honors the amazing L.A. Queer creative community and shares the love and legacy of LGBTQ+ poets and writers. Join us for an evening with featured authors Kelsey Bryan-Zwick, Sofia Fey, soledad con carne, and more! Aside from the featured readings, there will also be a special segment dedicated to the Queer Uprising! The theme for LA Poet Society’s first volume of Acid Verse Literary Journal, an anthology that centers BIPOC, and creates a safe space for undocumented, disabled, non-binary, gender-fluid, and LGBTQ folks. Attendees are welcome to sign up for the open mic! The event will culminate with a Drag show performance with Drag Kings Tim Mick Raw & Theo.

Schedule:

7 PM: Queer Uprising Poetry Showcase + Open Mic

8 - 9:30 PM: Featured Readings and Q & A

10 PM: Drag Show


This event is free & In-Person at Beyond Baroque. Masks are required while inside our center.

Reservation Policy: Please RSVP if you are planning to attend this event. We accept walk-ins, but priority will be given to people that have registered. In the case of a full program, your free ticket may not guarantee admission. We recommend arriving early.


About the authors

Kelsey Bryan-Zwick (she/they) is a disabled, queer, bilingual immigrant, and author based in Los Angeles, California. Their debut poetry collection, Here Go the Knives (Moon Tide Press 2022)—part memoir, part magical realism, part illustration—focuses on their decades surviving with debilitating scoliosis. On the gram @theexquisitepoet.

soledad con carne: (he/they) is a first-generation Chicanx poet, student, and mixed-media artist. Based in the heart of the valley, soledad is known by the SFV scene as the poet laureate of the San Fernando Valley. Their work explores themes like alcoholism, Chicanx identity, mental illness, and divine existence through a surrealist and reluctantly optimistic perspective. soledad just likes expressing himself through poetry, so catch them at an open mic sometime.

Sofia Fey is a Lesbian and Non-Binary writer living in LA. Currently, they are the founder of the Luminaries Poetry workshop, and poetry editor at Hooligan Magazine. They love to beat their friends at Mario Party. They tweet @sofiafeycreates.


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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles, United States

Tickets

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